Standards Committee

The Standards Committee is established by the bylaws as a standing, permanent committee of cross functional, global experts in privacy design.

The Standards Committee

Creates and maintains the Privacy Design standards by which organizations, products, services and/or business processes may be certified. Members of the Standards Committee, may be nominated by the Board of Directors, Advisors, or by Individual Ambassadors. Self-nominations to the committee are also accepted. To nominate yourself or another, please contact the IOPD below.

Stuart Shapiro

Principal Cyber Security & Privacy Engineer

MITRE Corporation
Ph.D. Applied History & Social Science

North America
Louis Pinault

Louis Pinault

Cybersecurity Privacy Analyst

Koniag
CIPP/US, CISSP

North America

Steve Hickman

Founder & CTO

Epistimis LLC
Creator of Privacy First Design Tooling
J.D.

North America
Shaurya Sengar

Shaurya Sengar

Senior Staff Software Engineer in Privacy

Meta Platforms Inc.

North America

Ralph O'Brien

Principal

REINBO Consulting
EPPC-B DPO, CIPP US, AIGP, CDPSE, CIPP E, CIPM, CIPT, FIP, BCS practitioner, CDP...

Europe

Keyvis Damptey

Consultant

Incedo
BS of Industrial Engineering & Neo4j Certification

North America
Maaz Bin Musa

Maaz Bin Musa

Student

University of Iowa

North America

Edwin A. Brockner

VP, Senior Privacy Analyst

Valley Bank
FIP, CIPP/A/C/E/US, CIPM, CIPT, CISSP

North America

Jeff Beuermann

Full Stack Architect

CISSP, CCSP, FIP, CIPP/US/E/C/A, CIPT, CIPM, CDPSE, CISA, CISM, CRISC

North America
Denise Schoeneich

Denise Schoeneich

Privacy Engineer & Program Manager

Intel Corporation
CIPT, CIPM, CIPP/US, FIP, CDPSE, PMP

North America
Nilesh Varudkar

Nilesh Varudkar

Technical Privacy Program Manager

Microsoft
CIPT pursuing

North America

Nandita Narla

Head of Technical Privacy and Governance

DoorDash
FIP, CIPP/US, CIPT, CIPM, CDPSE, CISM, CRISC, and CISA

North America
Carl Mathis

Carl Mathis

Privacy Architect

HP
CIPP/US, CIPP/EU, CIPM, CIPT, CISSP, AWS Soultions Architect, CCSP, SSCP, CRISC

North America
Tarana Damania

Tarana Damania

Privacy Consultant

Passionate About Privacy
CISSP, CISA, CRISC

North America

Nicole Nguyen

Senior Director, Cybersecurity and Privacy

Ankura
B.S. Engineering, M.S. Information Systems and Cybersecurity

North America

Conor Hogan

Commercial Director

BSI Digital Trust Consulting
FIP, CIPM, CIPPE, CISA, CISM

Europe

Daniel Smullen

Principal Privacy Research Engineer

CableLabs
PhD (Software Engineering)

North America

Akhilesh Srivastava

Privacy Technology and Program Leader

MIT : AI Implications for Business Strategy

North America

Kimberly Lancaster

Privacy Operations Officer

Avalon Privacy
IAPP, ISACA CPDSE

North America

Vandana P

Privacy Professional

Privacy Engineering Certificate (CMU), PMP

North America
Motunrayo Adebayo

Motunrayo Adebayo

Privacy Analyst

ISO 27001 Lead auditor, CIPP/US

North America

Victor Chikezie

Legal & Technical Consultant | Privacy & Cybersecurity

Datavance Inc
Privacy Wiki Chief Editor
CIPP/US, PCIP

North America

R. Jason Cronk

President & Founder

Enterprivacy Consulting Group
CIPT, FIP, CIPM, CIPP/US, J.D.

North America
Joe Nelson

Joe Nelson

Data Privacy & Compliance Attorney

Coalfire Systems
AIGP, CIPP/US, CIPM, CDMP, ForHumanity Foundations Independent Audit of AI System...

North America

Standards Activity

Design Assurance Standard Launch Webinar Recording Available!

We are thrilled to announce the release of the highly anticipated recording for the Institute of Operational Privacy Design (IOPD) Design Assurance Standard Launch Webinar! If you missed the live event, now is your chance to catch up on all the valuable information shared by industry experts and thought leaders.

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Introducing the Design Assurance Standard v1.0

Introducing the Design Assurance Standard v1.0! While the Design Process Standard (Process Standard) details the design process components needed to incorporate privacy considerations and reduce privacy risks, this Design Assurance Standard (the “Assurance Standard”) confirms an organization’s claim that a specific product, service, or business process has been designed, developed, or deployed with privacy aforethought.  In other words,

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Design Assurance Standard Public Release

Introducing the Design Assurance Standard for public commentary! The Design Process Standard (Process Standard) was adopted in January 2023 with this Design Assurance Standard (Assurance Standard) following two years later…

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Design Process Standard Launch Webinar Recording Available!

We are thrilled to announce the release of the highly anticipated recording for the Institute of Operational Privacy Design (IOPD) Design Process Standard Launch Webinar! If you missed the live event or want to revisit the insightful discussions, now is your chance to catch up on all the valuable information

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Introducing the Design Process Standard v1.0

It’s been four years in the making! The Standards Committee spent over a year drafting, discussing, editing, reediting, soliciting and responding to public comments, and we eventually created the 1st iteration of what we hope will become a gold standard in Privacy by Design.

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Draft of the Privacy Design Process Standard near completion

[December 2021] The Institute of Operational Privacy Design’s Standards Committee is nearing completion of the Design Process Standard. This standard will allow companies to ensure their design process rigorously incorporates privacy requirements. We expect the draft standard to be launched in late January for public feedback.

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Looking to Join a Committee?

Committee Members must be Individual Ambassadors. To nominate yourself to a committee, please apply for Ambassadorship noting your interest in joining a committee. 

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